The end of an era

House of Fraser seems to have found itself in many rather interesting buildings throughout the country. Take Beatties in Wolverhampton as an example...

A fabulous modernist construction that was once Rackhams in Birmingham, (I remember my then boyfriend's mother telling me how much she loved shopping there) it is to close by the spring 2019. 

What will happen to it? Can it be reused, will it be saved or knocked down to be reborn as a dull glass clad office/retail experience?

What should we do with our high streets, and the buildings that inhabit them, and how can we preserve the best of 20th century architecture for the future?

Do tell us what you think!

Frederick Gibberd. A reluctant Modernist?

Frederick Gibberd in the news....

Do let us know what you think about his architecture. Not just this, but other work by him.

http://www.architecturetoday.co.uk/reluctant-modernist/

Corporation Square

This iconic architecture is at risk. Frederick Gibberd’s only piece of architecture left in the city where he trained.

Andy Foster in 'Birmingham' describes it as:
'a cool Portland stone podium with carefully placed slit windows over a recessed ground floor. Plant rooms treated as rectangular sculptural masses, with vertical slots linking visually to the podium: an early hint of late Corbusier in the city.'

Brutiful Birmingham has applied to list it. Please show your support for this and help campaign to save it.
Photo by Frankie Finlay.

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Find out what Mary Keating has to say in the Birmingham Post!

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